Sep 4, 2014, 1:23 pm
Last edit by: jerryhung
It would help if every member could take a moment to ensure they are posting in the correct thread. This one is meant to be only for listing valid booked mini-RTW itineraries and not questions about booking mini-RTW which belong in this thread:
Mini RTW Questions
Newer members who are just coming to find the whole topic are likewise encouraged to read and pose their questions in this thread:
The Complete Newbie Guide/FAQ to the Air Canada Aeroplan Mini-RTW
Want to find the new MPM after 10/29/2014?
Aeroplan City Pair mileage (new pseudo-MPM) - FlyerTalk Forums
List of valid and booked Mini-RTW 2.0 (post-2014 version of this thread)
Mini RTW Questions
Newer members who are just coming to find the whole topic are likewise encouraged to read and pose their questions in this thread:
The Complete Newbie Guide/FAQ to the Air Canada Aeroplan Mini-RTW
Want to find the new MPM after 10/29/2014?
Aeroplan City Pair mileage (new pseudo-MPM) - FlyerTalk Forums
List of valid and booked Mini-RTW 2.0 (post-2014 version of this thread)
FAQ: List of valid and booked mini-RTW itineraries
Oct 1, 2012, 7:54 pm
#1456
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: YYZ
Programs: All Accor Plat, 1865 Voyager, AE E35K, HH Gold,Hyatt, Hrtz Gold, Marriott Gold, NEXUS
Posts: 1,670
Not sure about whether I would take UA now. What do you think? I guess if its F.
Oct 1, 2012, 7:59 pm
#1457
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: In the air
Programs: Occasional RTW club
Posts: 6,925
I know, I know. I originally was going to come back BRU ORD (UA F) ORD YYZ (UA J) and I lost it while my daughter put in her vacation request. I think it would have saved me about $200 - $250 a ticket, maybe more. Hoping for LX to open up, but more likely LH, which is ok with me. I already paid Not sure about whether I would take UA now. What do you think? I guess if its F.
Not sure about whether I would take UA now. What do you think? I guess if its F. But I should figure F should still outdo J. The United and Swiss First lounges in ORD should be worth a visit, at least. And you'll save a pile of YQ and not have to deal with AC's now-outdated interiors.
Oct 1, 2012, 8:10 pm
#1458
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: YYZ
Programs: All Accor Plat, 1865 Voyager, AE E35K, HH Gold,Hyatt, Hrtz Gold, Marriott Gold, NEXUS
Posts: 1,670
Dunno. I guess it's F, so it should still be better. The only issue is - just make sure it's a new config 777 (or a 747). I used to follow this long thread on UA's 777 retrofit (in the UA forum), but since I fortunately never ended up flying UA on any of my over-water itins, I've been successful in not caring. But I should figure F should still outdo J. The United and Swiss First lounges in ORD should be worth a visit, at least. And you'll save a pile of YQ and not have to deal with AC's now-outdated interiors.
But I should figure F should still outdo J. The United and Swiss First lounges in ORD should be worth a visit, at least. And you'll save a pile of YQ and not have to deal with AC's now-outdated interiors.
Oct 2, 2012, 7:36 am
#1459
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: YEG
Posts: 3,717
May not be a mini-rtw... but it covers a pretty big chunk of it...
YOW-YYZ ACJ E90
YYZ-IST TKJ 77W (1 week stop)
IST-JNB TKJ 333
JNB-CPT SAJ 344 (4 day turn)
CPT-IST TKJ 333
IST-GVA TKJ 321 (8 day stop) ->time to visit the south of france
GVA-ZRH LXJ 319
ZRH-YUL LXJ 333
YUL-YOW ACJ CR7
150,000 AE points and 244$ of taxes pp (2x) +30$ call in fee
YOW-YYZ ACJ E90
YYZ-IST TKJ 77W (1 week stop)
IST-JNB TKJ 333
JNB-CPT SAJ 344 (4 day turn)
CPT-IST TKJ 333
IST-GVA TKJ 321 (8 day stop) ->time to visit the south of france
GVA-ZRH LXJ 319
ZRH-YUL LXJ 333
YUL-YOW ACJ CR7
150,000 AE points and 244$ of taxes pp (2x) +30$ call in fee
Oct 2, 2012, 8:03 am
#1460
Join Date: Aug 2007
Programs: Aeroplan
Posts: 600
Thought I would post this.. just has an open jaw..no other stop but it does go rtw. All segments J (100,000 pts + $625 pp x 2) Booked in December during points reduction period. We couldn't add in another stop as this was the maximum time we could be away from home.
AC846 YYZ-MUC
LH1772 MUC-IST
TK716 IST-DEL stop for one week land travel and boarding a ship at Mumbai to Singapore (30 days)
SQ828 SIN-PVG (originally one ticket J, one Y but able to change Y to J during SQ glitch period)
AC88 PVG-YYZ
AC846 YYZ-MUC
LH1772 MUC-IST
TK716 IST-DEL stop for one week land travel and boarding a ship at Mumbai to Singapore (30 days)
SQ828 SIN-PVG (originally one ticket J, one Y but able to change Y to J during SQ glitch period)
AC88 PVG-YYZ
Oct 31, 2012, 11:02 pm
#1461
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: YVR
Programs: CX, Marriott
Posts: 54
Just came back from this trip. 175K Aeroplan points + $853.60 in fees and Aeroplan telephone booking fees.
ORD- IAD (UA F) connection
IAD - FRA (LH F on 747-8i) connection - spent the day in Frankfurt downtown
FRA - ICN (LH F) connection
ICN - NRT (OZ J - 2 class plane) destination
NRT - FRA (LH F on A380) connection < 24 hrs - overnight at the Sherton airport using a SPG cash and points award.
FRA - ORD (LH F)
ORD - YYC (UA F)
YYC - YVR (AC J)
The agent said I'm over in mileage on my outbound flight, so I have to buy a seperate ticket from my hometown YVR to ORD. They couldn't even stretch the origin to Denver!
ORD- IAD (UA F) connection
IAD - FRA (LH F on 747-8i) connection - spent the day in Frankfurt downtown
FRA - ICN (LH F) connection
ICN - NRT (OZ J - 2 class plane) destination
NRT - FRA (LH F on A380) connection < 24 hrs - overnight at the Sherton airport using a SPG cash and points award.
FRA - ORD (LH F)
ORD - YYC (UA F)
YYC - YVR (AC J)
The agent said I'm over in mileage on my outbound flight, so I have to buy a seperate ticket from my hometown YVR to ORD. They couldn't even stretch the origin to Denver!
Nov 1, 2012, 6:45 am
#1462
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Location: Canada
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The MPM via AT for YVR-NRT is 14800 - and your route comes nowhere near that. You should have insisted the agent consult the right MPM5 - I suspect they consulted the PAcific one.
Nov 1, 2012, 9:10 am
#1463
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It took five agents to get this booked, but...
YYZ-WAW-FRA-PEK (stop) LO787, LH, CA77W flat bed.
PEK-BKK (dest) CA772
BKK-HKG-IST-BEG-WAW (stop) ET767, TK77W flat bed, TK, LO
WAW-YYZ LO787
125000 miles
Taxes and scamcharges: $383 + $33.90 phone fee. Very low LO TATL scamcharge (<$100 per direction) on the brand new 787 in business. Also the goal was to avoid the USA - so TATL options were quite limited.
Interestingly enough, if routed YYZ-WAW LO on outbound, and WAW-FRA-YYZ on return on LH/AC, the scamcharge would have been calculated by segment, and would exceed $600.
But if LO was put in both ways, it took the LO return scamcharge of *only* $187!
So yes, there is still some value in Aeroplan miles if routed carefully
PEK-BKK (dest) CA772
BKK-HKG-IST-BEG-WAW (stop) ET767, TK77W flat bed, TK, LO
WAW-YYZ LO787
125000 miles
Taxes and scamcharges: $383 + $33.90 phone fee. Very low LO TATL scamcharge (<$100 per direction) on the brand new 787 in business. Also the goal was to avoid the USA - so TATL options were quite limited.
Interestingly enough, if routed YYZ-WAW LO on outbound, and WAW-FRA-YYZ on return on LH/AC, the scamcharge would have been calculated by segment, and would exceed $600.
But if LO was put in both ways, it took the LO return scamcharge of *only* $187!
So yes, there is still some value in Aeroplan miles if routed carefully
Nov 1, 2012, 9:13 am
#1464
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: In the air
Programs: Occasional RTW club
Posts: 6,925
YYZ-WAW-FRA-PEK (stop) LO787, LH, CA77W flat bed.
PEK-BKK (dest) CA772
BKK-HKG-IST-BEG-WAW (stop) ET767, TK77W flat bed, TK, LO
WAW-YYZ LO787
125000 miles
Taxes and scamcharges: $383 + $33.90 phone fee. Very low LO TATL scamcharge (<$100 per direction) on the brand new 787 in business
Interestingly enough, if routed YYZ-WAW LO on outbound, and WAW-FRA-YYZ on return on LH/AC, the scamcharge would have been calculated by segment, and would exceed $600.
But if LO was put in both ways, it took the LO return scamcharge of *only* $187!
So yes, there is still some value in Aeroplan miles if routed carefully
PEK-BKK (dest) CA772
BKK-HKG-IST-BEG-WAW (stop) ET767, TK77W flat bed, TK, LO
WAW-YYZ LO787
125000 miles
Taxes and scamcharges: $383 + $33.90 phone fee. Very low LO TATL scamcharge (<$100 per direction) on the brand new 787 in business
Interestingly enough, if routed YYZ-WAW LO on outbound, and WAW-FRA-YYZ on return on LH/AC, the scamcharge would have been calculated by segment, and would exceed $600.
But if LO was put in both ways, it took the LO return scamcharge of *only* $187!
So yes, there is still some value in Aeroplan miles if routed carefully
How was availability on LO? I had no idea they took delivery of a 787.
I will have to consider this for the next RTW... $187 is fairly reasonable, assuming it's a good hard product.
Nov 1, 2012, 9:19 am
#1465
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The first delivery is in 2 weeks - the next 4 planes are coming in over the next 4-5 months. This trip is for August 2013, so by then, LO should have all 5 787s running their TATLs, availability in J is quite good for YYZ-WAW (its more of a leisure route). The 787 hard product looks spectacular - very similar flat beds to TK 77Ws
Nov 1, 2012, 9:26 am
#1466
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: In the air
Programs: Occasional RTW club
Posts: 6,925
The first delivery is in 2 weeks - the next 4 planes are coming in over the next 4-5 months. This trip is for August 2013, so by then, LO should have all 5 787s running their TATLs, availability in J is quite good for YYZ-WAW (its more of a leisure route). The 787 hard product looks spectacular - very similar flat beds to TK 77Ws
Hey, ever had any experience booking more than 2J on TK? I need 3J, and copped the 2 that were available for the more important members of the family, so I'm the odd man out in Y. Do they open up any seats closer to departure, or am I going to have to make pretty eyes and wave my TK*G card at them in hopes of an opup?
Nov 1, 2012, 9:28 am
#1467
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Very interesting. I will definitely have to try this on my next route, thanks!
Hey, ever had any experience booking more than 2J on TK? I need 3J, and copped the 2 that were available for the more important members of the family, so I'm the odd man out in Y. Do they open up any seats closer to departure, or am I going to have to make pretty eyes and wave my TK*G card at them in hopes of an opup?
Hey, ever had any experience booking more than 2J on TK? I need 3J, and copped the 2 that were available for the more important members of the family, so I'm the odd man out in Y. Do they open up any seats closer to departure, or am I going to have to make pretty eyes and wave my TK*G card at them in hopes of an opup?
No idea - never had to book 3 seats on TK.
Nov 1, 2012, 1:04 pm
#1468
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: YOW
Programs: AC *E
Posts: 7
I booked this routing in mid-September for Nov 10 departure. 120k miles times two. (I'm going with the wife.) Taxes were about $750 pp, IIRC.
YOW-YYZ-FRA-BKK-TPE-ICN-NRT-SEA-YVR-YOW
We do stops in Thailand, Korea and Japan.
FRA-BKK is on TG A380 in F. NRT-SEA is on ANA 788 in F. Looking forward to my first experience on both of those aircraft!
YOW-YYZ-FRA-BKK-TPE-ICN-NRT-SEA-YVR-YOW
We do stops in Thailand, Korea and Japan.
FRA-BKK is on TG A380 in F. NRT-SEA is on ANA 788 in F. Looking forward to my first experience on both of those aircraft!
Nov 1, 2012, 5:03 pm
#1469
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: YVR
Programs: CX, Marriott
Posts: 54
Thanks rankourabu for the heads up. I'll keep that in mind for next time. Is there a list of MPM that I could refer to in the future?
Nov 1, 2012, 5:19 pm
#1470
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